25 February 2024 - SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT
DAILY MASS SCHEDULE:
Monday, 26 February, ST. MATTHIAS, APOSTLE
/Intention: +Ernest Jacob (rx/J. Larrabee) ............................................................. 9:00am
Tuesday, 27 February, Ferial Day
/Intention: +Phil Garcia (rx/J. Larrabee) ................................................................ 8:00am
Wednesday, 28 February, St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
/Intention: +Chuck Thieme (rx/C. Ostrosky) .......................................................... 8:00am
Thursday, 29 February, Ferial Day
/Intention: Special Intention (rx/C. Cortese) .......................................................... 8:00am
First Friday, 01 March, Ferial Day
--Confessions ............................................................................................... 5:50-6:20pm
--Holy Mass (Intention: Poor Souls --- rx/Soledad) ............................................... 6:30pm
Stations of the Cross ................................................................................ Following Mass
First Saturday, 02 March, Ferial Day
--Confessions ............................................................................................... 8:00-8:25am
--Rosary & Devotions ............................................................................................ 8:30am
--Holy Mass: (Intention: Holy Souls --- rx/M. Nicolassi) ......................................... 9:00am
Perpetual Help Devotions ........................................................................ Following Mass
CONFESSIONS:
Monday thru Saturday ............................ 20 minutes before Mass; following Saturday Novena
Sunday ................................................. 07:30-07:50am; 09:20-09:50am; following each Mass
NOVENA TO OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP ------- will take place Saturday morning, after 9:00am Mass. Whether your petitions be spiritual or temporal, Our Lady never fails to answer them through the means of this powerful Novena!
APPOINTMENTS: for Baptisms, Marriages, Sick Calls, etc., can be made by seeing one of the priests after Mass. IN CASE OF EMERGENCY please call: Fr. Zapp (925) 586-7924 or Fr. Larabee (513) 390-3070.
SANCTUARY LAMP is currently burning IN MEMORY OF: DELL SELWAY.
If you would like to sponsor the Sanctuary Candle for one week ($15) or two weeks ($25), "In Memory of n.n._______," or "For the Intentions of _____," etc., please fill out the envelope in vestibule and place in collection or candle box.
CHURCH CLEANING: (02 March) D. Mark & R. Christie
IN YOUR CHARITY -- please pray for all the sick of parishes, especially: Omar Reyes, Paulus Kam, Sergio Polanco, Jean Villanueva, Marin Ivan, Thao Nguyen, Kelly Nowrouz and Ramona Prado.
PURGATORIAN SOCIETY: ... there is a monthly REQUIEM MASS (High Mass, if possible) offered in Martinez, for the repose of the souls of all who have been enrolled in the PURGATORIAN SOCIETY. (Members are also remembered at every Daily Mass). Enroll your loved ones (Catholics only), living or deceased, for a one-time stipend of $35 per person. For an additional $7, a Memorial Presentation Folder can be sent on your behalf.
THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS---will take place this Friday evening following 6:30pm Mass. Please take the time and make the effort to participate in this highly indulgenced devotion of the Passion of Our Blessed Saviour!
CHILDREN'S CATECHISM: is EVERY SATURDAY for one hour, beginning at 10am and ending at 11am. Parents are under GRAVE OBLIGATION to see that their children are well grounded in the Catholic Faith!
CONFIRMATIONS THIS SPRING... Bishop Sanborn has agreed to come out West to confer CONFIRMATIONS. The exact date has not yet been determined, but it looks like mid-April. CANDIDATES are First Communicants on up. Either never Confirmed, or was Confirmed in the "New Church." Please sign up on the sheet provided in the vestibule.
DAY OF RECOLLECTION--- the annual Ladies & Men Lenten Day of Recollection will be:
...for the Ladies on Saturday, 09 March - 9am to 3pm;
...for the Men on Saturday, 16 March - 9am to 3pm.
PLEASE SIGN UP ON THE SHEET IN THE VESTIBULE
MARCH IS THE MONTH OF
SAINT JOSEPH